ICYMI: Registered Nurse from Wilmington Charged with Writing 35 Forged Prescriptions for Opioids

Editor's Note: The following story was posted earlier this week. Here it is again in case you missed it.

WILMINGTON, MA — A registered nurse from Wilmington was arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court and charged with writing 35 forged prescriptions for opioid medications, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Thursday.

Marjorie Taylor, 29, was charged with 35 counts of uttering a false prescription for a controlled substance in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain prescription opioid medications, according to the announcement. Taylor acquired the pad while being seen as a patient by a Boston physician, and not through her role as a registered nurse.

“The defendant in this case allegedly used her medical knowledge to write convincing prescriptions for herself and her family members for opioids she would otherwise not be able to obtain,” said Ryan in a statement. “The defendant allegedly created a complex scheme through which she used multiple pharmacies and prescriptions made out to multiple relatives in an effort to conceal her own procurement of these powerful substances.”

According to the district attorney, Taylor is alleged to have used a physician's prescription pad that did not belong to her to fill 35 forged prescriptions for thousands of painkillers including oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphane and tramadol. Prescriptions written in Taylor's name and the names of relatives were allegedly filed at pharmacies in Burlington, Lowell, Reading, Stoneham, Tewksbury, Wilmington and Woburn.

The next scheduled hearing in the case is Sept. 2.

Editor's Note: This story was derived from information provided by the Middlesex County District Attorney's office. It does not indicate a conviction.